Improvement in refrigerators



J. L MASON, A. & l. M. SINGL-AIR,

Refrigerator.

No, 164,653, Patented]une22,l875..

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JOHN L. MASON, OF NEW BRUNSVVIOK, AND ANDRE\V SINCLAIR AND JOHN M.SINOLAIR, AOF OAMDEN, ASSIGNORS TO JOHN L. MASON, OF NEW BRUNSWICK, NEWJERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN REFRIGERATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. G-LGS, dated June 22,1875,' application filed July 27, 1874.

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatwe, JOHN DMASON, of NewBrunswick, in the county ofMiddlesex, and AN- DREW SINCLAIR and J oHN M.SINCLAIR, both of V.the city and county of Camden, all of the State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Refri'geratingApparatus; and we do hereby declare the f'ollowing to be a clear andexact description of the nature thereof, sufficient to enable othersskilled in the art to which our invention appertains to fullyunderstand, make, and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specilication, in which-Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of the device embodying ourinvention, in line a: x, Fig. 2. Fig. 2is a top or plan view thereof.Fig. 3 is a rear view thereof'.

Similar letters of' reference indicate correspondin g parts in theseveral figures.

Our invention relates to a refrigerating apparatus more especiallydesigned for barrooms, saloons, &c., but applicable for householdpurposes generally. It consists in two receiving chambers and a singleice-chamber with two passages, one passage leading into one of the tworeceiving-chambers, and the other passage separating the two chambers,and leading into the other chamber. The passage that separates the twochambers also constitutes a drip-passage, and is formed by adjacentwalls or partitions of' said chambers. with a door at its bottom, inline with the door of one of the chambers, and the space below thepartition of the other wall or partition.

By this means two or more receiving-chainbers may be conveniently cooledfrom one icechamber, the walls of the receiving chamber form a passagefor cold air and drip, the heated matters of one chamber do notinterfere with or rise through the other chamber, and access is readilyhad simultaneously to the bottoms of' both chambers for purposes of'cleansing the entire length thereof.

Referring to the drawings, represents the ice-chamber, which is locatedat the up- One of the walls or partitions is formedl per portion of thechest or casing B, and below the same is a receiving-cham ber, O, whichis separated from the ice chamber by means of a partition, a, butcommunicates therewith through the medium of a cold-air passage, b, atthe side of the ice-chamber. D represents a chamber, which extendslaterally from the chest B, and is separated partly therefrom by meansof a vertical partition, c, a passage, d, being left at the bottom ofthe partition. rIhe chamber C has the wall c, which is adjacent to thechamber D,`separated from the partition c by a cold-air passage, j',which is a continuation of a passage at the side of the ice-chamberopposite to that of' the cold-air passage b. In the chamber D is locateda bottle-rack, Gr, which consists of an elevated base, g, and a topplate, g', from which depend cylinders h. In the base g are formedcavities k, into which are fitted the lo wer ends of' the cylinders 7L,the latter being made removable from the said cavities, but firmlysupported therein.

The operation is as follows: The chamber A is properly supplied withice, the bottles are placed in the rack G, and the chamber O lreceivesale, beer, or other articles, access thereto being had by means of' adoor, m, at the side or rear ofthe chest B. The cold air descends fromthechamber A in two currents. One current passes down the passage Z),and cools the contents of the chamber C. The other current descends thepassagef, and, by means of' the passage dat the bottom of the partitionc, enters the laterally-extending chamber D, and cools the space belowthe elevated base g of the bottle-rack G, and gradually cools thecontents of the chambers D, the bottle-rack being entirely exposed tothe cooling' effects of the air cooled from the chamber A, whereby thebottles and their contentswill be kept cool. The drippin gs from the iceare directed, by the partition a, to the passage f, and fall to thebottom ofthe chest, where they escape through a pipe, n, as is wellknown. rlhe warm matters rising from the articles placed in chamber Oare passed out therefrom by means of' a pipe, p, which projects intosaid chamber, and communicates with the atmosphere.

In orderto cleanse the bottom of the chamber D Wit-hout removal of thebottle-rack G access is had thereto from the chest B by means of a door,H, which forms part of the Wall c. On raising or opening` this door thespace belowr the bottle-rack is entirely exposed. When the upper faceofthe base g of the bottle-rack and the upright cylinders 71I are to becleansed the latter are simply lifted out of thev sockets 7c of thebase, and thus all parts are readily accessible.

The chamber D and chest B will have top covers or doors, as usual.

Having thus described our invention, whatY We claim as neivfand desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The ice-chamberA, the two receiving-chambers G D, and the partition c,with a space, d, below lit, in combination with the partition c, havinga door, H, at its bottom, in line with the door m of the chamber, andthe space d below the partition c, substantially as and for the purposeset fort-h.

JOHN L. MASON. ANDREW SINCLAIR. J. M. SINCLAIR.

Witnesses:

J oHN A. WIEDERSHEIM, A. P. GRANT.

